2 acres too small for a tractor?

[Seamonster124]

We just bought a hillside in the northwest. Neglected; huge piles of yard waste, blackberries, settling soil, fallen trees, etc. I'm worried about driving a tractor due to the slopes although my JD lawn mowr does just fine. So is having a tractor on 2 acres overkill?

 

[Big Barn]

Allow me to answer for everyone. No.

 

[GC1710]

We just bought a hillside in the northwest. Neglected; huge piles of yard waste, blackberries, settling soil, fallen trees, etc. I'm worried about driving a tractor due to the slopes although my JD lawn mowr does just fine. So is having a tractor on 2 acres overkill?

I have 1.5 acres, and couldn’t of done without my subcompact Massey TLB. 248 hours and 14 months of ownership. This is just a small fraction of action shots. Also have a log splitter and generator for it as well.

 

[Jchonline]

Agree. Now start shopping!

 

[MossRoad]

Reminds me of my brother-in-law. Had a part-time job at a large, local farm when he was in high school. One afternoon, my mother-in-law, who lives in a subdivision on 1/3 acre lot, sees this HUGE articulated tractor drive past her house and there's her son driving. He proceeds to plow the vacant 1/4 acre lot next to them in two passes and leaves. Later that afternoon he came back and planted 1/4 acre of cabbage left over he got from the farmer. Had a grand idea to sell that cabbage for profit. Well, come fall, he sold a couple head, but most of it started to rot after the first frost and stunk up the entire subdivision..... rotting cabbage. :laughing:

As to your original question, we have a small machine that we use here on our 1 acre lot. 60" finish mower, a couple buckets, a power angle 60" snow blade, pallet forks. Really handy to be able to mow the lawn in 20 minutes, move landscaping material, firewood, work in the garden, etc... we also take it out to our remote property to maintain the trails with a 48" brush cutter, and to gather firewood to bring home. And we used to maintain a Little League park with 4 ball diamonds and the wife's church ball diamond with it as well. And do some small jobs for friends and family.

So the answer to your question(s) is what type of jobs do you need to do, what type of machine do you need to do those jobs, how much time do you have to do those jobs, and what size machine can you afford on your budget? Then you need to adjust the size to your time budget and money budget to find a happy medium.

 

[4570Man]

Overkill? Here’s what I bought for my 2 acre lot. Jokes aside I really do live on about 2 acres and the backhoe is mine, but I use it for more work than that. Unless you plow snow how much work do you really have for a tractor? I used my tractor a lot when I was building but after the projects were done the tractor didn’t get used much at the house. Buying a tractor is probably more economical than renting a machine for several weekends but selling it after the work done is probably a wise financial idea unless you need it for some reoccurring task.

 

[goeduck]

I live on a 2acre sloped parcel down to the salt water and have a Kubota B21 and would not want to be without it. I have a slope as you do and you DO WANT A WIDE STANCE. I am adding spacers to mine, I have been on three wheels more than I care to. I have much larger properties with larger tractors on less sloped land, one pancake flat, no issues there. A slope changes things but you still want a tractor, just get a low wide one. Selection of tires/wheels is important. How much slope?

 

[dragoneggs]

I live on a 2acre sloped parcel down to the salt water and have a Kubota B21 and would not want to be without it. I have a slope as you do and you DO WANT A WIDE STANCE. I am adding spacers to mine, I have been on three wheels more than I care to. I have much larger properties with larger tractors on less sloped land, one pancake flat, no issues there. A slope changes things but you still want a tractor, just get a low wide one. Selection of tires/wheels is important. How much slope?

1.5 acres here with a steep slope. BX has been a godsend. Yep, added spacers. Lot's of pics to show you when I get a chance, but let's just say blackberries to small stumps beware. Bigger ones if you are patient.

 

[Wagtail]

The answer is N...

Allow me to answer for everyone. No.

Bugger!

Now, the other question Seamonster124... the northwest of where?

 

[jeff9366]

VIDEOS SUBCOMPACT TRACTORS ON SLOPES: subcompact tractors on slopes - YouTube

 

[mcfarmall]

No. I'm planning on a Kubota M5660SUHD for my 2 acre plot.

 

[Diggin It]

It's not the size of the property, it's the size of the work and the abilities of the workers. I did much of what you're describing with a field and brush mower, a tiller, a small riding mower with trailer, a variety of hand tools, gallons of sweat equity and a whole lot of aches and pains.

I now have a SCUT that may or may not be 'too much' for the routine yearly work on my 5 acres. But it sure does make what work there is a whole lot easier to do with the 15 year older bones I now also have. Planting trees with a backhoe doesn't even begin to compare to doing it with a shovel, let alone digging one up to transplant it.

 

[MossRoad]

No. I'm planning on a Kubota M5660SUHD for my 2 acre plot.

OK that's overkill. :laughing:

 

[TractorGuy]

I bought my CUT for 2 acres. When I bought the adjoining 5 acres I required the addition of a full size backhoe/loader.

My original intent was to use the backhoe to clean up after the clear cut then sell it. My wife informed me the other day it was part of the family and cannot be sold. She's a keeper!

 

[9973720wb19]

Does not matter what size property you have. What matters is having fun with projects and enjoying outdoor time. Get a tractor and have fun.

 

[alflen52]

sounds like you have a lot of cleanup work you want to do .a small sub-compact will do all your work and still be convienent to mow with.i live on 2-1/ 2 acres that slopes down to a river,also very steep.my bx 2200 handles it great,no feeling of tipping over all the time.if you get one be sure to get loader on it.you,ll never regret it

 

[MitchellB]

Short answer; a tractor makes chores much easier even on small lots. Back in 1998 we bought our first farm tractor a 1949 8N Ford. Up to that time I had been using and abusing an 18HP Lowes/MTD commercial garden tractor (glorified lawn mower) with tire chains on it for traction. We only had an acre and that was inside the city limits, but the little 8N proved a huge help in landscaping the grown up rear half of our lot and keeping the gravel driveways maintained. We did not want to sink a lot of money into a tractor that would only see occasional use around here so the old Ford worked out great. About 2012 we were able to purchase another acre and a half behind us and soon upgraded our 8N to a 1958 861D that was heavier and had more power and a few extra features the 8N lacked for very little extra money. Yea, I'd love to have a newer nicer tractor, but for the money and no more than we use it, the old Fords have been a godsend to us, that enables us to do projects we never would have tried doing without owning a tractor.

 

[nybirdman]

Ditch the lawn-mower and purchase a sub-compact with a MMM and loader;that's is why they are made.4WD and loader/PTO opens up all kinds of possibilities.

 

[cat fever]

Allow me to answer for everyone. No.

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What he said, start shopping!

 

[millsan1]

I have a few more acres than that, but really only work on about 4 of them, the rest are forest. I have a Mahindra 2538, Kawasaki Mule and a 4 ton Excavator. I wouldn't sell any of them for any reason. You will be amazed how many uses you find for a machine once you have it.